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Perimeta session border controller

The perimeter of your communications architecture is only as strong as its weakest link. Beyond the boundary of
your managed infrastructure lie many threats to the continuity of your service offerings and to the integrity of your
network. Metaswitch’s Perimeta is the first VNF (Virtualized Network Function) capable, software based, carrier-class
Session Border Controller (SBC) proven to secure your services in new cloud environments, as well as scale real-time
communications services effectively, while providing a level of visibility before unseen by networks operators. Fortify
your edge and protect your core with the Perimeta portfolio of session border controllers.

PRODUCT FEATURES

-----VIRTUALIZE-----

As network operator and enterprise communications
infrastructures transition to all-IP, all-cloud, all-software
services, so will the Session Border Controllers need to
integrate into these environments. Virtualizing the SBC is
a critical factor in the march towards network functions
virtualization (NFV) and in helping to transition operators
into being true software telcos. Liberated from old
hardware-based deployment models, carriers can realize
savings in Capex and Opex while benefiting from a more flexible network on which they can launch innovative new
applications and services more quickly. While other vendors
are only just now forming their virtualization plans, Perimeta
has been deployed as a VNF (Virtualized Network Function)
in several publically announced top-tier carrier networks.
And for those service providers that demand full flexibility,
Perimeta operates today in all NFVI (Network Function
Virtualization Infrastructure) environments.

At its heart, and benefiting from years of field-hardening,
Perimeta running on virtualized platforms is the same
Perimeta software that runs inside our ATCA appliances and
on COTS servers. Perimeta is the future-proof SBC of choice
as it enables Service Providers to migrate from the current
hardware intensive architecture to the new software telco
one. The transition can be done step by step, using COTS
(Commercial Off The Shelf) server platforms (Dell, Cisco, HP,
etc.) to start with, migrating to virtualized Perimeta without
MANO (Management And Orchestration), and finally going
to full blown cloud architecture with MANO. Metaswitch’s
Perimeta is the industry’s most advanced SBC platform.

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-----SECURE-----

The Perimeta product portfolio has been designed for
high performance while under heavy attacks. It provides
complete protection against all common attack vectors, for
example, volumetric, protocol, and authentication, among
many others.

But beyond that, Metaswitch takes a much more expansive
view of this primary SBC function. It’s not only about
protection from direct attacks; it’s also about peace of
mind. It is being secure in the knowledge that Perimeta
will gracefully handle natural peaks of traffic events like
call-in shows, holidays or disasters without performance
degradation. It is being secure in the knowledge that reregistration
storms due to fiber cuts or power outages will
be handled quickly and without impact to call capacities. It
is being secure in the knowledge that employing the SBC’s
advanced capabilities (SIP normalization, SDP manipulation,
blacklisting, etc.) will not cripple performance. Perimeta,
even under extreme overloading scenarios, will deliver its
rated throughput—processing valid session requests and
forwarding traffic—without compromising quality of service
or security. The ability to perform at wire speed, even
during DDoS attacks, is what sets Perimeta apart from the
competition.

Proven to process 100% of calls under heavy load, and with
accolades from Tier 1 Service Providers, Perimeta can meet
your stringent security demands without compromising on
throughput or capacity.

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-----ANALYZE-----

Perimeta’s network analytics is a key differentiator when
compared to other platforms. You need network diagnostics
and troubleshooting not only capable of operating today’s
network architectures, but also capable of operating in
tomorrow’s NFV environments. Metaswitch provides
unprecedented management visibility of the end-to-end
VoIP network: Perimeta is fully integrated with powerful
analytics, diagnostic, troubleshooting, and network planning
tools with rapid access to full protocol decoders.

Service providers must be able to diagnose and troubleshoot
problems as they arise in the network. Metaswitch knows
that a great network experience can only happen when you
can easily understand what’s going on in your network.
Each session and service flow that Perimeta processes
is captured and recorded for analysis and reporting,
eliminating the need to reproduce events. Perimeta SBC
provides unprecedented visibility into SIP traffic flows and
the operation of your network via the always-on, proactive,
session analytics which detail not only what happened, but
why it happened. Perimeta will reduce operational costs,
enhance subscriber satisfaction and simplify network
deployment by eliminating the complexities and expense of
external monitoring devices and/or analysis software.